What's the best city you've ever lived in?
 

I'm not talking about visiting or vacationing...I'm talking about actually living. My choice would have to be Ft. Lauderdale. Everything stays open late, the beach was a walk away, they had nice surf at Dania Beach, and the women were HOT! Plus South Beach was a short drive away. I loved it there and plan to move back when I have enough to retire.

for me, probably was when I was in Marina del Rey (Los Angeles) a few years back. Although now I own a house and there is some pretty decent stuff around, nothing beats the diversity of restaurants and things to do on any given day. Plus the weather and women were to die for :thumbsup

Denver... (and suburbs)

• We average more sun than San Diego (it's pretty much gorgeous every day year round)

• Mountains are only 40~ minutes away (skiing, hiking, fishing, 4x4'n)

• HUGE amount of breweries per capita

• Commonly make the "fittest" city in the country (read sexiest)

• Dry air (so it's not humid and almost zero mosquitoes), you can escape a hot day by simply stepping into some shade.

I could go on, but those are the big ones.

edit: Oh, and our economy is KILLER. We're doing fantastic right now compared to the rest of the country.

The greater Austin TX area has been hands down my favorite

I really like Charlotte, NC.

vancouver ftw

Kona Hawaii, as long as you make enough to live it is perfect.

Kailua, Hawaii

Urbana Ohio

Denver and Bora-Bora (the whole island)

I really loved living in Orlando. I was young and when I wasn't travelling for work there was a lot of fun to be had.

But...I've lived on two separate occasions in NYC. Doesn't get any better than that.

Melbourne Australia! Beat That!

Barcelona (if they didnt speak catalan) or Amsterdam (only in summer) or probably San Sebastian (if they could sort their politics out, gets a bit intense living there with weekly riots.) Fuck or maybe Cambridge in the UK but that mentally expensive. So out of those 4 places I've lived in a mixture of all of them.

Cumming, GA.

Weed is legal too, right?

Sydney was an amazing city, and I intend on moving back in a few years.

I'll second Jay's vote for Austin.
Home of the Armadillo World Headquarters.
Music Capital of the World.
UT Football.
City pool is natural springs and officially topless.
Local county park is totally nude (Hippy Hollow, Thanks L-Pink).
Sixth Street and Warehouse Districts.
A lot of people like Jay and myself to hang with.
So many great restaurants.
UT Coeds!!

Don't forget "Hippy Hollow" !!!


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1. San Francisco - Tons of things to do and people to meet in this first class city. You cannot beat the killer views mixed with it's city vibe. Food is off the hook. Public transportation is second-to-none.

Also, Lake Tahoe, Mammoth Lakes, and Yosemite National Park only a few hours away. Oakland across the bay. Many other great Bay Area cities nearby like San Jose.

And of course Silicon Valley. It's hard to not run into someone doing something sweet business-wise in mainstream around the city.

Just look at all these companies based within a 1 hr drive or less from downtown SF, or in SF like Twitter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley (scroll down for list).




2. Singapore - Southeast Asia is beautiful. This city state is impeccable. Tons of business and growth there. Also, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia all close by.

how is Austin the music capital of the world?

Pretty sure New Orleans or Nashville has that beat...

By far Okinawa, JP

Living right on the beach.

Good food, Street Races, Culture, and Legal Prostitutes!

Can't go wrong

"The Live Music Capital of the World" is the official city motto for Austin, Texas.

In my opinion, Benton (Country), Detroit (Motown), Nashville (Grand Ole Opry), Memphis (Blues) and New Orleans (Jazz) are really each famous for just one type of music.

Austin got it all with almost 200 venues where you can hear original, live music every night with all types of music from country to techno to punk to blues and more from around 1,900 different live bands. It is hard to beat.

Hong Kong and Singapore .... best of all Worlds.

I did a little time in Sobe and Naha back in the day. You are right, as long as the typhoons stay away, Okinawa was a lot of fun.

Pearl Harbor for 3 years, that was fun, now in LA, still having fun

great area for sure.... love it there. I love where I live right now, west of LA. nice roads, GREAT looking white women and lots of great restaurants etc...

NYC. I've lived in the West Village, East Village, and Hell's Kitchen

I moved to Austin in February after 10 years in NYC and have been bored out of my mind. I went to UT, am familiar with the city, live in a good location, and know people here, etc. It's still boring as fuck. I'm going back to NYC next month and will decide whether or not to stay or give Montreal a shot. I've been there many times and love the people and the general vibe of the city, but the winters are rough. I may also consider LA

Rio de Janeiro. Best of everything that I like. The bad news is that I have only lived two places and I am not leaving Rio.

sao paulo, ai que saudadesssssss

I was there foe 2 weeks once, loved it.

how is it there for women if a guy just wants to have a lot of fun?

Nice, France.
Same weather as LA, but a much different way of life.

Boca Chica

Funny, I just moved to Fort Lauderdale earlier this month.

It's always been a fav to visit and I am a billion times happier. So much cheaper than the DC metro area, too.

I slowly gained a lot of weight after my last surgery and am losing a pound a day just from all of the walking and outdoor activities I'm doing here.

Vancouver

Thousand Oaks CA... & Poo...

West Palm was great, but I loved the community involvement and events in Reno-minus the snow.

Redondo Beach

Gary Indiana.

"In 2009, the Old Town section of the city, still littered with deteriorating buildings and roads which have not been occupied or used for three decades, was featured in episode 2 of The History Channel's series Life After People, as an example of how quickly Chicago might deteriorate after human beings had vanished off of Earth, thanks largely to the effects of Lake Michigan on steel and reinforced concrete structures."

Low housing prices......

Seoul, South Korea

Guys, guys!

It aint ever the place, it's the experiences and the people.

I loved Miami, York PA, Manila and Hong Kong. Not for the city...

New Orleans, but pac north west takes close second mainly because of living very close to Vancouver and reasonably close to Portland, Oregon. Both fantastic cities.
Lima, Peru is pretty good too, but like any huge town it has its drawbacks and i always prefer living in smaller towns. (by smaller i mean less than 500k people)

Lafayette Hill PA ... there is not even noise here. its INSANELY quiet ... and Philly is only a few miles down the road. NYC and DC are 2 hours either way ...

I lived in Seoul for a year and used to party down in Myong Dong and Itaewon. Good times.

Not a city but Laguna Hills, Southern California during the late 80's, good times. For cities: NYC

I hear that. I grew up in New Castle, PA about 35 miles north of Pittsburgh, great place to grow up.

Forrest Hills, Queens.

Vancouver, BC
Sadie Dazzle

My mother's family is from Butler/Kittanning area. The best memories of my childhood are holidays spent visiting in that area. Beautiful country and a nice simple way of life there.